GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 307*

 

 

Short Title:        Local Electronic Notice.

(Local)

Sponsors:

Representatives Dollar, Jackson, and Murry (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.

Referred to:

Government.

March 10, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE county of wake and the towns of cary, clayton, wendell, and zebulon to use electronic means to provide public notice in lieu of publication.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Sections 1 and 2 of S.L. 2003-81 read as rewritten:

"SECTION 1. A county may adopt ordinances providing that legal notice of public hearings may be published through electronic means in lieu of publication in any newspaper. The publication may be on the county's Internet site or by any other means. Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section shall not supersede any State law that requires notice by mail to certain classes of persons or the posting of signs on certain property, nor shall there be any alteration of the publication schedule required by State law.

"SECTION 2. This act applies to Cabarrus County and Wake Counties only."

SECTION 2.(a)  A city or town may adopt ordinances providing that legal notice of public hearings may be published through electronic means in lieu of publication in any newspaper. The publication may be on the county's Internet site or by any other means. Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section shall not supersede any State law that requires notice by mail to certain classes of persons or the posting of signs on certain property, nor shall there be any alteration of the publication schedule required by State law.

SECTION 2.(b)   This section applies to the Towns of Cary, Clayton, Wendell, and Zebulon only.

SECTION 3.  S.L. 2008-5 is repealed.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.